The hydrolysis of the spirotitanasiloxane Ti[(OSiPh 2 ) 4 O] 2 provides 1,1,3,3,5,5,7,7-octaphenyl-1,3,5,7-tetrasiloxane-1,7-diol, H(OSiPh 2 ) 4 OH (1), in high yield. The reaction of 1 with tricyclohexyltin hydroxide, cyclo-Hex 3 SnOH, and di-tert-butyltin oxide, cyclo-(t-Bu 2 SnO) 3 , respectively, gives 1,1,3,3,5,5,7,7-octaphenyl-1,7-tricyclohexylstannyl-1,3,5,7-tetrasiloxane, (cyclo-Hex 3 SnOSiPh 2 OSiPh 2 ) 2 O (2), and 1,1-di-tert- (butyl-3,5,7,9-octaphenyl-2,4,6,8,10-pentaoxa-,3,5,7,9-tetrasila-1-stannacyclododecane, cyclo-t-Bu 2 Sn(OSiPh 2 OSiPh 2 ) 2 O (3). The molecular structures of 1 and 2 were determined by X-ray diffraction. In both compounds the central Si-O-Si angle amounts to 180°. Remarkably, no hydrogen bonding is observed for 1.